--- title: "Police constable killed in Bannu gun attack" description: "Most outlets reported the killing of a Special Branch constable in Bannu, noting that unidentified gunmen were responsible. Aaj News and Dawn both identified the deceased as Constable Noor Alam Khan and described the attack as occurring in the Masoomabad area. The framing was largely consistent across the excerpts, with a focus on the incident itself and minimal additional context." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/2131-police-constable-martyred-in-bannu-firing site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Police constable killed in Bannu gun attack pakistan · latest filing 7 Aug 2026, 7:03 AM PKT · 6–7 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported the killing of a Special Branch constable in Bannu, noting that unidentified gunmen were responsible. Aaj News and Dawn both identified the deceased as Constable Noor Alam Khan and described the attack as occurring in the Masoomabad area. The framing was largely consistent across the excerpts, with a focus on the incident itself and minimal additional context. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Dawn** — [Police constable martyred in Bannu firing](https://www.dawn.com/news/2021076/police-constable-martyred-in-bannu-firing) · 7 Aug 2026, 7:03 AM PKT > BANNU: A Special Branch constable was martyred when unidentified armed assailants opened fire on him in Masoomabad area along Bannu-Miramshah Road. According to police, on Thursday morning, constable Noor Alam Khan was on his way for duty when unknown attackers targeted him. As a result, he embraced martyrdom on the spot. DPO Bannu, Captain (Retd) Muhammad Furqan Bilal visited the crime scene w... - **Aaj News (English)** — [Special Branch constable martyred in Bannu gun attack](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330466719/special-branch-constable-martyred-in-bannu-gun-attack) · 6 Aug 2026, 3:02 PM PKT · 90% identical wording to the newest filing > A police constable was martyred after unidentified gunmen opened fire on him in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district on Thursday, police said. The victim was identified as Constable Noor Alam Khan, who was serving in the Special Branch. According to police, the attack took place near Masoomabad on the Bannu-Miranshah Road within the limits of the Cantonment Police Station. The assailants targete... 2 articles from 2 outlets, 6–7 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.